CVE-2023-52821: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panel: fix a possible null pointer dereference In versatile_panel_get_modes(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode, which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.
CVE-2023-52821CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2023-52821: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panel: fix a possible null pointer dereference In versatile_panel_get_modes(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode, which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
15.1%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panel: fix a possible null pointer dereference In versatile_panel_get_modes(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode, which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.

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